RUSSIA INTERESTED IN SOONEST LAUNCHING OF ARMENIAN ENTERPRISES CONVEYED TO RF

Pan Armenian
13.10.2005 19:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian met with
Minister of Transport of Russia, Co-Chair of the Armenian-Russian
Inter-Governmental Commission for Economic, Scientific and Technical
Cooperation Igor Levitin, reported the Press Service of the Armenian
leader.

In R. Kocharian’s words, the Commission is an important mechanism
in the Armenian-Russian relations, that were always marked with
efficiency. The parties discussed bilateral cooperation programs,
paying special attention to issues of development of energy,
transport and communication. As of restoration of communication
via the Abkhaz part of the railway, the state of the rail line
and conditions necessary for its restoration are being examined
at present, the parties said. The conditions include participation
of Russia, Georgia and Armenia as well. The parties also discussed
matters of beginning exploitation of Armenian enterprises, conveyed
to Russia within Property for Debt Program. In Levitin’s words,
Russia is interested in soonest exploitation of these enterprises,
so a special working group is formed to that end.